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DISCOVER A SHOP/BUSINESS AT DIRECTORY.WELLINGTONWEST.CA JULY 7 - ART JOURNALING FOR TEENS Calling all teens! Join us for a hands-on ‘playshop’ to capture your unique story through colour & collage, words, quotes & simple strokes. Art journaling is good for us—it reduces stress, makes us smarter and sparks creativity. Using colour, collage, words, images and simple strokes, teens will discover how art journaling can help them: kick the stress, organize the mess, unleash creativity and express their unique self. The only skill required is the willingness to have some fun! Workshop presented by Heather Tucker, author of The Clay Girl, a story where imagination, creativity and everyday heroes create an unforgettable legacy. For teens 12 to 18. Happening at Carlingwood Library on July 7 at 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. Registration is required. For more information go to biblioottawalibrary.ca. JULY 11 – COLOURS OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS Make art inspired by our unique landscape. For children 7-12. Happening at Carlingwood Library on July 11 at 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. Registration is required.
JULY 18 AND AUGUST 15 - BATTLE OF THE BOOKS TEEN BOOK CLUB The Teen Book Club will be reading and discussing 8 Canadian YA books (as part of this Summer’s Battle of the Books) voted on by YOU the reader. One YA book will win the top spot. For teens 12 to 18. Happening at Carlingwood Library on Tuesday July 18 at 7 p.m. until 8 p.m. Registration is optional. For more information go to biblioottawalibrary.ca. JULY 26 - LEARN STORYTELLING THROUGH PLAY Aboriginal storyteller, Lesley Parlane, will show you how to create and use your own storytelling cards to build your own stories. Ages 4-12 at the Rosemount branch of the Ottawa Public Library. Registration required. Wednesday July 26 at 10:30 a.m. For more information go to biblioottawalibrary.ca.
WESTBORO LEGION’S BINGO AND LEAGUES Bingo every Wednesday night at the Westboro Legion. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. for Café 480 and games begin at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Join us with your friends, or come and meet new friends. Funds raised are donated back to community organizations. We also have bid euchre, darts, pool and sandbag leagues on a weekly basis. For more information visit rcl480.com or call 613-7252778. WESTBORO LEGION’S SATURDAY POOL Free Pool from noon to closing upstairs at the Westboro Legion. Everyone is welcome. For more information visit rcl480. com or call 613-725-2778. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY Do you love fair trade? Have four hours twice a month? Apply to join the volunteer team at Ten Thousand Villages! Volunteers spend time doing tasks around the store like receiving inventory, interacting with customers, ringing in sales and helping with other tasks that make for the smooth running of the store. Stop by 371 Richmond Road to get an application.
Champlain Park Community Association champlainpark.org Civic Hospital Neighbourhood Association Chnaottawa.ca Friends of Churchill Seniors Centre friendsofchurchill.com Hintonburg Community Association hintonburg.com Hampton-Iona Community Group hamptoniona.wordpress.com Island Park Community Association islandpark.wordpress.com McKellar Park Community Association mckellarparkcommunity.wordpress.com Mechanicsville Community Association facebook.com/MechanicsvilleCA Wellington Village Community Association wvca.ca Westboro Beach Community Association www.westborobeach.ca Westboro Community Association lovewestboro.wordpress.com
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JULY 27 - ESCAPE THE LIBRARY The library is turning into an escape room! Can you and your team solve all the clues and escape before time runs out? For teens 12-18. Happening at Carlingwood Library on Tuesday, July 27 from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Registration is optional. For more information go to biblioottawalibrary.ca.
OCTOBER 21 - NEPEAN HS CLASS OF ‘67 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY REUNION Members of the Nepean HS Class of 1967 are organizing a Fiftieth Anniversary Reunion, to be held at Nepean High School on Broadview Ave on Saturday, October 21, 2017. All grade 12 and 13 graduates from 1967 and classmates who graduated after grade 12 in 1966 are invited to come back and relive memories of their high school days, meet their former classmates and mingle with current staff and students. For more detailed information, please visit the reunion web site: https://sites.google.com/site/nepean67reunion/welcome-1
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JULY 13 - RAG AND BONE PUPPET THEATRE PRESENTS SNIPPETS 150 Join Rag and Bone Puppet Theatre at the Rosemount branch of the Ottawa Public Library as they bring your favourite Canadian songs and stories to life in celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday as part of the AOE Neighbourhood Arts 150 project. Each performance is tailored to
JULY 15 - RASPBERRY PI PROGRAMMING WORKSHOP FIRST Robotics Team 2706 will teach you how to program a robot driven by a Raspberry Pi mini computer. Create a program to drive the robot and avoid obstacles using an ultrasound sensor! For teens 13 to 18. Happening at Carlingwood Library on Saturday July 15 at 2 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. Registration is required. For more information go to biblioottawalibrary.ca.
AUGUST 8 &12 – INGENIOUS INVENTIONS Be the next Canadian inventor. For children 9-12. Happening at Carlingwood Library on August 8 & 12 at 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. Registration is required. For more information go to biblioottawalibrary.ca.
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JULY 12 & 26, AUGUST 16 & 30 – TECHNO BUDDIES Teen Volunteers share their Tech knowledge with older Adults in a two-on-one setting. Areas of technology help include the following: Instagram, Snap Chat, Facebook, Twitter, App filters to improve pictures, and online games. Happening at Carlingwood Library on July 12 & 26 and August 16 &30 from 3:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. Registration is required. For more information go to biblioottawalibrary.ca.
the surrounding neighbourhood and will feature guest readers and lots of audience participation. Ages 4-12. Thursday July 13 at 10:30 a.m. For more information go to biblioottawalibrary.ca.